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Other useful libraries & archives

Useful libraries & archives for Anthropology
Anthropology Library at the British Museum

The Anthropology Library at the British Museum is effectively the United Kingdom's national anthropological library, housing the library collections of the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) and the British Museum's Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (fornerly the Department of Ethnography).

http://www.therai.org.uk/anthropology-library/anthropology-library/

British Library

Comprehensive collection of anthropological materials published in Britain and strong collections on the British Commonwealth.

http://www.bl.uk/

British Library of Political and Economic Science (London School of Economics)

Extensive holdings on social anthropology, sociology, and development studies, covering all areas of the world. Houses the archives of some leading anthropologists.

http://www.lse.ac.uk/

Commonwealth Institute. Library and Resource Centre

Materials on the contemporary Commonwealth.

http://www.commonwealth.org.uk/

Goldsmiths College

Collections supporting the College’s teaching and research programme in social anthropology.

http://www.gold.ac.uk/

National Sound Archive, British Library

Contains ethnic music recordings.

http://sounds.bl.uk/

Overseas Development Institute

Good resource for working papers, briefing papers, discussion papers and other grey literature on development topics.

http://www.odi.org.uk/

University College London

Collections supporting the College’s teaching and research programme in anthropology.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/